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Belgium has scrapped 40-million-euro ($50 million) of aid to Rwanda over its failure to meet media freedom and governance targets, a diplomat at the Belgian embassy in Kigali said.
Rwanda’s tiny economy remains dependent on outside support and Western countries’ suspension of aid in 2012 over alleged support from President Paul Kagame’s administration for M23 rebels in neighbouring Congo, hurt Rwanda’s growth in 2013.
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